LAMENTO
by Jöns Jönsson
synopsis
Magdalena picks up her grandson from piano lessons, eats dinner with his family, visits the bar. She unsuccessfully tries to sell her daughter’s dog, she consults a medium. Since Sara’s suicide, Magdalena shields herself from the pain and loss of her daughter by immersing herself into rituals of everyday life. It is only when Sara’s ex-boyfriend comes to visit that sorrow finally finds its way through denial, speechlessness and feelings of guilt.
original title: | Lamento |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jöns Jönsson |
film run: | 84' |
screenplay: | Jöns Jönsson |
cast: | Gunilla Röör, Hendrik Kraft, Björn Andersson, Elin Söderquist, Sandra Huldt |
cinematography by: | Johannes M. Louis |
film editing: | Stefan Oliveira-Pita |
art director: | Hillevi Rhodin |
costumes designer: | Rebecca Afzelius |
music: | Kriton Klingler |
producer: | Jost Hering, Maxim Juretzka |
production: | Buntfilm, Hochschule für Film & Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" |
backing: | Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg |